October Goals

The New Hampshire Troubadour, October 1950

A new month, and time to set some new goals!  Here's the list:
OCTOBER GOALS:
* Read through the October portion of the One-Year Devotional Bible.
* Finish questions for You Are Loved summer Bible study  -- I've already finished the daily Bible study, just need to finish answering the questions
*  Read 4 chapters in The Power of a Godly Grandparent
* Continue to implement some of the ideas from the above book
* Finish re-reading Say Goodbye to Survival Mode
* Begin to implement some of the ideas and strategies from the above book
* Memorize at least 4 Bible verses and review some older ones.
* Add 4 pages to my "What Do I Know About My God?" Scripture notebook
* Keep up with my Sunday School study -- The Heart of a Woman Who Prays
* Exercise or walk at least 20 times.
* Get to bed by 9:45 pm each night.
* Limit sugar.
* Drink enough water each day.
* Keep up with Kelly's missions in homemaking zones of the week.
* Attend a couples' retreat with my hubby
* Post in both of my blogs as often as possible
* Reduce grocery bill by $5 per week consistently
* Spend several hours updating my A-store.
* Do research for setting up an Etsy shop (I've already joined Etsy)
* Make 6 handcrafted Christmas gifts
* Write at least 4 encouraging notes to friends and family.
* Clean church and set up for potluck meal
* Make gift tags from last year's Christmas cards.
* Finish ordering materials for grandkids' homemade Christmas gifts
* Complete handcrafted gifts for a November birthday.
* Finish a baby gift
* Make 2 photo books
* Take a long weekend up north with my hubby
*  Continue trying to help and encourage my elderly dad
* Sort out and declutter my dad's basement
* Have some needed dental work done
* Attend a ladies' luncheon at church
* Do some baking for the freezer

OCTOBER'S HEALTHY HABITS:  Walking/nurture creativity

WORD FOR 2014: BALANCE

And now, for a look at how September went:
SEPTEMBER GOALS:
* Read through the September portion of the One-Year Devotional Bible -- DONE!
* Finish questions for You Are Loved summer Bible study  -- I've already finished the daily Bible study, just need to finish answering the questions -- not done, although I did do some of it.
*  Read 4 chapters in The Power of a Godly Grandparent -- not done
* Continue to implement some of the ideas from the above book -- not done
* Finish re-reading Say Goodbye to Survival Mode -- not done -- think it's safe to say I'm still in survival mode!
* Begin to implement some of the ideas and strategies from the above book -- not done
* Memorize at least 4 Bible verses and review some older ones -- partly done
* Add 4 pages to my "What Do I Know About My God?" Scripture notebook -- DONE!
* Keep up with my Sunday School study -- The Heart of a Woman Who Prays -- DONE!
* Exercise or walk at least 20 times -- not done -- think I managed 10 or 12 times
* Get to bed by 9:45 pm each night -- not done, though I usually managed to get there by 10 pm
* Limit sugar -- done somewhat
* Drink enough water each day -- done somewhat
* Keep up with Kelly's missions in homemaking zones of the week -- DONE!
* Go to a ladies' retreat -- DONE!
* Post in both of my blogs as often as possible -- not done; or maybe it was ... maybe the pathetically infrequent posts were done "as often as possible"!
* Reduce grocery bill by $5 per week consistently -- not done
* Spend several hours updating my A-store. -- not done
* Do research for setting up an Etsy shop (I've already joined Etsy) -- not done
* Make at least a dozen items for sale at craft fairs -- not done; I am tabling this thought until next year and taking more time to pray about it
* Write at least 4 encouraging notes to friends and family -- DONE!
* Clean church and set up for potluck meal -- DONE!
* Make gift tags from last year's Christmas cards -- not done
* Make 2 barley bag hot packs -- DONE!
* Order materials for grandkids' homemade Christmas gifts -- partly done; think I have about half of the materials I need, but have enough to get started.
* Plan and complete several handcrafted gifts for September and November birthdays -- September ones are -- DONE!
*  Continue trying to help and encourage my elderly dad -- DONE!
* Sort out and declutter my dad's basement -- continuing to work at this huge task
* Have friends over for a meal -- DONE!

SEPTEMBER'S HEALTHY HABIT:  Nurture creativity -- did okay with this, but am stressing it again this month, along with walking.

So you see precious few DONE!s on this list, but I do feel as if I accomplished quite a bit this month in some areas.  Hoping, of course, for a productive October with a lot of items crossed off at the end.